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spatulatio

spatulatio [CL spatula+-are+-tio for σπάθησις; cf. spathesis] 1 repercussion, (act of) repelling or sending away (cf. Arist. Phys. 243b27). facta ‥ a causis suis denuo spadulatione [v. l. spatulacione] in solidas partes fertur spiritus Alf. Angl. Cor 11. 2; diastolen ‥ irradiatio, sistolen spadulatio facit Ib.. 2 (in quot., in textual commentary, app. understood as related to ME spatlen) (act of) spitting. speculatio reducitur ad pulsionem. et intelligit per speculationem aliquid speculi quo repercutit radios ad oculum ‥ si autem fuerit in littera ‘spatulatio’ [v. l. spadulatio], tunc intelligit emissionem salinae [l. salivae] Ric. Cornw. Phys. 204.

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